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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
2
Milton R. Bass argues the TV generation changes how youth learn about world events. He says children see Vietnam riots and inequality on screen, then encounter outdated curricula. He contends adding TVs to classrooms won’t fix education and calls for a broader reform.
The speaker argues that TV exposes gaps between actions and words in society. Children see real suffering from war and poverty on screen, provoking questions about why such conditions exist. Without changes by the Establishment, conditions will worsen. the solution is to live and work according to stated values rather than rely on television explanations.
Joseph Papp founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival will adapt Shakespeare plays into a rock opera with Galt MacDermot. Papp will write libretto and present Cressida next season at the Public Theater for eight weeks.
Cynthia Lowry reports on Apollo 10 live color TV from 69 miles above the moon surface. The telecast interrupts routine programming to reveal close up views of craters and lunar terrain in vivid detail.
New York AP drama critic William Glover finds the off Broadway Boudoir at Gramercy Arts Theater tasteless and tedious, a shock oriented peepshow that bores despite occasional color. The piece contrasts with Shatner’s TV shift, blending pop culture notes with a look at his Star Trek era.
The capital closes for renovations while cinemas announce schedules. Palace shows A Fine Pair at 8:35 and Charro at 7:35 with matinees Wed Sat Sun 1:30. Showcase offers Star at 8:20, shorts at 8:00, matinees Wed Sat Sun 3:00. Union Square screens The Killing of Sister George at 6:10 and 8:30 with Sat Sun 1:15 4:40 6:10 8:40. Sunset Drive-In presents The Hell With Heroes at dusk and Hell's Belief at 10:10. Berkshire Drive-In features The Shakiest Gun in the West at dusk and Swiss Family Robinson at 10:00. Pittsfield Drive-In runs Shala ko at dusk and Charly at 10:25. Courys Drive-In North Adams and Hoosac Drive-In Adams are closed today. West Springfield Cinema 1 shows The Lion in Winter at 8:30 with Wed Sat Sun 2:30. Cinema 2 The Shoes of the Fisherman at 8:15 with Wed Sat Sun 2:15. Cinema 3 Funny Girl at 8:00 with Wed Sat Sun 2:00 and 5:50 6:00? 8:00.
Molly and Norman Rockwell of Stockbridge publish Willie Was Different a children’s book to be issued by Funk and Wagnalls on June 4 selling for 3.93 dollars. The tale follows a thrush named Willie who mirrors human youth as he discovers his talent and gains worldwide fame with black and white illustrations by Rockwell.
Dr. Bella B. Nagy, Boston University piano chair, presents a Sunday 3 p.m. piano concert at Foxhollow School Lenox featuring Hungarian works. A Hungary native, Nagy trails a schedule of national seminars and a summer Tanglewood course August 10-24, and will perform all 32 Beethoven sonatas in six concerts.
The campaign promotes U S savings bonds under a star spangled freedom plan. It urges readers to enroll in new liberty shares, presenting a patriotic call to invest and support national finance.
The Berkshire Boy Choir will present a two hour concert of sacred and secular music at the South Mountain concert hall on Tuesday July 29. All proceeds go to the Berkshire Country Day School Scholarship Fund. The group, formed in 187 as a nonprofit, spends summers at Stockbridge School and tours the Northeast. Music director is Alan Wicks of Canterbury Cathedral, England.
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